- Issued:
- 2014-07-29
- Updated:
- 2014-07-29
RHBA-2014:0975 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
python-pthreading bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated python-pthreading package that fixes various bugs and contains a
number of enhancements is now available.
Description
The python-pthreading module provides Lock and Condition synchronization objects
compatible with the Python native threading module. The implementation is based
on the POSIX thread library as delivered by the libpthread and has considerable
performance benefits over Python 2.x's implementation. Locking helps optimise
the use of shared system resources.
Changes to the python-pthreading component:
- Previously, when using pthreading 1.3, disk extend requests sent over the
mailbox were not handled, which caused virtual machines to pause when their
disk(s) became full. This happened because a locked() method was incorrectly
handled by VDSM. Now, a patch adds the missing method, implementing it in the
same way that Python implements it, and VDSM interacts correctly with pthreading
1.3. (BZ#1119226)
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Virtualization 3 for RHEL 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1119226 - Thin provisioning disks broken on block storage when using pthreading 1.3
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Virtualization 3 for RHEL 6
SRPM | |
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python-pthreading-0.1.3-3.el6ev.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0cdc55d8c0c74ad27f33a2e9121c7281b5d6f8b6f3d09e17a87f2cd14a4f4f0 |
x86_64 | |
python-pthreading-0.1.3-3.el6ev.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 68981bef86a6b06417444736b11311dbcecf669bee725cbedf68c74867ea50b6 |
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